STAGE TUBE: R.Evolución Latina's Choreographers Festival

R.Evolución Latina is sponsoring Dance Company D1 of Peru, a group of 19 dancers taken under the wing of Vania Massias, who turned down a role in Cirque du Soleil to start a dance program for "under-served children tumbling in the streets". Vania's selfless efforts reflect R.Evolución Latina's fundamental drive: to make a difference through the arts.

R.Evolución Latina under the direction of Luis Salgado has gathered various choreographers from the Broadway and Latin American communities to participate in the festival. This year's choreographers include: Amanda Turner, Daniel Fetecua -Soto, Dario Vaccaro, Gabriela Garcia, Luis Salgado, Marcos Santana, Rebeca Tomas, Valeria Cossu, and Vania Masias. The performers are special guest dancers from the Broadway community, Dance Company D1, and R.Evolucion Latina's very own students from the Beyond Workshop Series.

The Beyond Workshop Series (BWS) is a program that provides free classes in voice, dance, and Shakespeare to adults. In return, many of these adults volunteer their time to assist with events, teach classes for kids, and help fund-raise. This is what we call the "Circle Effect."

"For me this is the experience of a life time. I keep thinking that as Artist we can make a difference in this world and here as we see this cultural exchange, the passion and the love of everyone involve it's proved to us all that indeed ART is the greatest weapon of HOPE we posses.," says Luis Salgado. "We empower them so they can and WANT to pay it forward."

The Choreographer's Festival will began March 14th, and concludes with performances on March 28th and 29th at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center. More details can be found at the Festival's website: http://revolucionlatina.org/choreographers-festival.html